Is it bad to be using NSW? We do not really have coral reefs here, more kelp type things. I am assuming the water requirements for kelp differ to coral, meaning the water parameters are probably different?I just realized you were in Sydney. Was thinking you were filling 55 gallon barrels from the Jersey shore
I am not quite sure I fully understood that. I am dosing 4 ml of bio enhance thru a doser spread out 4 times in a day. I have a protein skimmer running at all times, day and night.
HAHA you are probably right. I should be more grateful for what I have instead of wishing for it to be better. I guess it will grow at some point right?! Truth is I have mates with the guy at my LFS so i often get larger pieces at a pretty nice discount, which is why some of the pieces are so large - no way would I buy some of those at full price hahaha. Theyre actually the ones that sold me the tank, it was one of their old display tanks!
No sir you do not !!!! while your tank looks great, I have almost filled a 210G tank in just a few years. I switched to leds, and had no growth and thought it was my lights. It was!!! intensity was set way to high. Corals fed to much light wont always bleach, they just dont gow. Mine didnt grow for over 5 years. what a waste of electricity and money. I turned my lights down to 10% B and 1% W and in 3 months I have had more growth then the last 5 years. If you dont see growth monthly, you have issues. NOW with that said your tank looks awesome, I would not make drastic or large changes, and id use caution changing intensity. But thats where my money is at with you.
Personally, for a mixed reef, I like between 50 and 75 total tank turnover. So if your tank is 180g, you would need 9000gph on the low end. I do think that with larger tanks, you can go a little lower on the ratio, so if you were at 8000gph, you’d probably be pretty good. If you’re closer to 4000, I’d definitely turn up the neros, but start slow, turn it up 10% every few days. I think your issue is likely lighting and flow, I would I ncrease the flow and move your corals closer to the light (or at least a couple) and see what they do, if they improve then you know you probably need new lights (or to supplement what you have, you could add some reefbrite strips or a few AI Primes to beef up what you already have if they’re otherwise in good condition).
Depends on the coral.
yes sir and the coral he stated LPS does not require it, I gow it professionally. now SPS likes more flow but it grows like weeds even with less, just faster with more flow
I don’t know why the rest of my post got cut off??? My guess as to why Bio E is asking for consumers to use a Skimmer is because of unused, excess Bio E not being taken in by the corals. So if you’re dosing too much because you’re corals don’t like it or need it then the extra can be taken up by the skimmer. The obvious next question is, is your skimmer pulling out a consistent amount of stuff? If not you may be od ing your corals on this stuff. I also was wondering about your Bicolor Angel. Could it be the entire problem? Believe me, I would love to have one. But they’re nippers!
